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Bretwalda (also
brytenwalda and bretenanwealda,
sometimes capitalised) is an Old
English word. The
first record comes from the late 9th-century Anglo-Saxon...
- the late
ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he is
referred to as a
bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the
first English king to
convert to Christianity...
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other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Ceawlin is also
named as one of the
eight "
bretwaldas", a
title given in the
Chronicle to
eight rulers who had overlordship...
- in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
written centuries after his death, as a
bretwalda (an Old
English term
meaning 'Britain-ruler' or 'wide-ruler'). He was...
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portal History of Anglo-Saxon
England Cornovii (Cornish)
Related terms:
Bretwalda, High King for
hegemons among kings Compare:
Tetrarchy Five
Burghs Kirby...
- Dore. The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle subsequently described Ecgberht as a
bretwalda or 'wide-ruler' of Anglo-Saxon lands.
Ecgberht was
unable to maintain...
- Britain. In the 9th-century Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle he is
referred to as a
Bretwalda. Adomnán
describes Oswald as "ordained by God as
Emperor of all Britain"...
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Humber estuary. The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle does not list Æthelbald as a
bretwalda, or "Ruler of Britain",
though this may be due to the West
Saxon origin...
- was
installed as king of Northumbria,
effectively confirming Rædwald as
bretwalda: Æthelfrith's sons went into
exile in
Gaelic kingdom of Dál
Riata and...
- list of
seven overlords,
adding that "he was the
eighth king who was
Bretwalda".
Simon Keynes suggests Egbert's
foundation of a 'bipartite'
kingdom is...
